City File · Kelso 9 cases on file · 1947–1947
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Paranormal events in Kelso

The Spooky Valley archive holds 9 documented paranormal cases in Kelso. All of them are dated to 1947.

Reporting in Kelso is led by the UFO sighting, with 9 UFO sightings on file. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.

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Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2
UFO 1947

Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting, Kelso, Washington (August 1, 1947)

Kelso, Washington

A first saucer wave case from Kelso, Washington. On August 1, 1947, Captain Davidson and Lieutenant Brown crashed their plane near Kelso, Washington, while returning to Hamilton Field, California.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3
UFO 1947

Kelso, Washington UFO Sighting (August 1, 1947) — FBI Files (D3P10)

Kelso, Washington

A first saucer wave case from Kelso, Washington. On August 1, 1947, the Kelso Chief of Police reported seeing an aircraft fly low over the town and then crash and burn to the east around 0236 PST.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2
UFO 1947

Kelso, Washington UFO Sighting (August 5, 1947) — FBI Files

Kelso, Washington

A first saucer wave case from Kelso, Washington. The FBI was alerted to the deaths of Air Force investigators who were looking into reports of flying discs.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2
UFO 1947

Kelso, Washington UFO Sighting (August 1, 1947) — FBI Files

Kelso, Washington

A first saucer wave case from Kelso, Washington. Intelligence officers from McCord Field investigated the crash of a B-25 aircraft near Kelso, Washington.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3
UFO 1947

Kelso, Washington UFO Sighting (August 1, 1947) — FBI Files (D3P31)

Kelso, Washington

A first saucer wave case from Kelso, Washington. The plane carrying AAF investigators Captain Davidson and Lieutenant Brown crashed in Kelso, Washington, resulting in their deaths.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3
UFO 1947

Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting, Kelso, Washington (August 1, 1947 (Doc 3/P33))

Kelso, Washington

A first saucer wave case from Kelso, Washington. Harold Dahl and Fred Chrisman collected unusual rock formations and falsely claimed they were fragments of a flying disc to sell a story to Ray Palmer.